Improvement in bracket-supports for ironing-boards



C. O. STONE.

BRACKET SUPPORT FOR momma BOARD.

No. 175,580. Patented. A-pril, 1876.

UNITED STATEs PAT OFFICE,

CHARLES 0. SToNE, 0F AUGUSTA, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRACKET-SUPPORTS FOR lRONlNG-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,580, dated April 4, 1876; application filed February 11, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. STONE, of Augusta, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Method of Attaching Ironing-Boards tothe Vertical WValls of Apartments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of .this specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish an improved and simple method of attaching an ironing-board to the vertical wall of an apartment so that it can be readily attached or detached therefrom, and either folded up against the wall when notin use, or entirely unhooked and put away.

In the drawing, A represents the ironing board, which may be of any convenient size and shape. The plate 0 is of cast metal, and fastened to the wall by means of screws. 0n

, its upper end are two projecting lips or brackets, G G, through which a pin, E, passes to receive the hooked end H. of the plate B. B is a hooked plate screwed to the end of the board on its upper side. D is a bracket or arm supporting the board on its under side, and is cast with a lug or projection, F, more fully shown in Fig. 2., A hole is made in its lower end, through which a pivot-pin connecting it with the plate 0 passes. The lug on its lower end allows it to open only far enough to support the board A in a horizontal position when in use.

The operation of this invention is as follows: The plateO is fixed toa wall or other suitable support by screws at a convenient distance from the floor. The hooked plate B is fastened to the upper end of the ironingboard. When required for use the hook is caught around the pin E, and the outer end of the board lowered to a horizontal position, resting'on the arm or bracket D. This leaves the outer end of the ironing-board free, so that skirts and other under garments of like nature can-be readily ironed thereon.

When not in use the board can be turned on its hinge up against the wall, and confined there by a button or hook, or it can be un: hinged and put away. In either case the bracket-arm D closes up flat against the plate 0 out -of the way.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improved bracket-support for ironingboards, consisting of, the plate 0, provided with the fixed lips or brackets G G, the hinged bracket-arm D, pin E, and the hooked plate B attached to the board, substantially as herein described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- CHARLES O. STONE. Witnesses:

G. E. MAGOMBER, .LORENZO B. HILL. 

